Indivisibles, 

If you don’t live in a swing state, you’re probably blissfully unaware of how the Trump campaign is blowing its ads budget in the final days of this campaign. And if you DO live in a swing state and own a TV, you’ve no doubt seen the horrible spots, because they’ve become inescapable: ads attacking the trans community are dominating the airwaves. 

The ads are hateful, divisive, and place more targets on the backs of our trans and non-binary siblings.

You may wonder why the Trump campaign is dumping millions of dollars and precious air time in the homestretch of this election to attack trans folks instead of running ads about any of the top issues on most voters’ minds. The answer is pretty simple: His fascist playbook depends on stoking fear and division, while lying and distracting from his extreme and unpopular policies on all those issues. 

It’s what he’s done from the day he walked down that escalator demonizing immigrants. He punches down, pointing the finger over there, at ‘them’, to distract from all the ways he and his billionaire friends and Christian Nationalist backers are going to screw us over.

Trump and his allies are putting more money into these ads than spots on any other issue because he doesn’t want the voters he’s wooing to think too long about what another Trump presidency would mean for their families and their futures. He doesn’t want Americans talking about how he’ll: 

• Outlaw abortion nationwide and severely restrict access to birth control. (source)
• Give tax cuts to corporations and the super-wealthy, but raise taxes for the middle class. (source)
• Use the military to put down nonviolent, First Amendment-protected protests. (source)
• Impose tariffs on everyday items, substantially increasing the cost of living for the average family by $2600 a year. (source)
• Turn the Justice Department into a political weapon to wield against political rivals. (source) 
• Dismantle the Department of Education, cutting off $28 billion in federal funding crucial for low-income students and allowing states to determine how educational funding is allocated. (source)
• Repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, raising prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients. (source)
• Deploy the military into our communities to round immigrants into detention camps. (source)
• Roll back progress on gun reform. (source)
• Ban gender-affirming care, which has been proven to reduce the risk of depression and suicide in trans youth by up to 40%. (source) (source2)
• Replace experienced civil servants with MAGA loyalists who will move his agenda forward without regard to legality. (source)
• Dismantle essential agencies like the NOAA and NWS that provide critical updates on natural disasters and the daily weather forecasts we all rely on. (source)
• Ban pornography. (source) 
• Destroy the environment by eliminating rules that keep our air breathable and water drinkable. (source)

Well, too bad for Trump, because tens of thousands of us are out there hitting the phones and knocking doors to remind voters of what’s at stake. And if we truly want to relegate him to the dustbin of history and elect a president who will actually fight for working families, enshrine protections for bodily autonomy, protect vulnerable communities, and turn the page on the MAGA politics of hate and division, we’ve got to do even more over the next 10 days. 

Every door knocked, every phone call made, every person you persuade to vote gets us one step closer. Here’s how you can jump in:

• Join a phonebank -- we’ve got at least 4 phonebanks scheduled between now and election day, calling into critical battleground states to encourage voters to support Kamala, Tim, and congressional Dem candidates down the ballot. 
• Sign up for Neighbor2Neighbor -- If you're eligible, this program is your calling. It's twice as effective as traditional canvassing, connecting you with 10 potential Democratic voters within your neighborhood. It’s personal. It’s powerful. Your first 10 names are waiting.
• Donate to keep our efforts going -- We know we can win this fight, but we need to keep the momentum going; please pitch in to help us recruit more volunteers and reach more voters.

This is our time to lead with love, to fight with ferocity, and to stand indivisible against threats to our communities. Let’s get to work. 

In solidarity, 

Indivisible Team